Mulligan is among the Best Actress candidates and Scherfig is up for Best Director. Quentin Tarantino's "Basterds" landed 15 nods and Kathryn Bigelow's "The Hurt Locker" scored 12. Meanwhile, David Bowie's son Duncan Jones was also recognized for his acclaimed 2009 film "Moon", which picked up 10 mentions.

And the 21 February prizegiving looks set to be a big night for Clint Eastwood - the film icon landed five nominations as producer, director and actor for "Invictus" and "Gran Torino".